“If airport screeners unionize, sensitive security information could be leaked and the federal government might not be able to respond to threats of terrorism, according to a U.S. Transportation Security Administration document.”
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_112762.html
THANK THE DEMOCRATS:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-02-28-tsa-union-fight_x.htm
“WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress are pushing to let airport screeners unionize for the first time since the government took over aviation security after the 9/11 attacks.
Their effort has provoked a clash with the Bush administration and Republican lawmakers that could scuttle attempts to enact one of the broadest homeland security bills since 9/11.”